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blotch mine - Pegomya carduorum
Copyright © 2011 Joe Zito

blotch mine - Pegomya carduorum
Cedar Rapids/ICNC, Linn County, Iowa, USA
July 8, 2011
Size: 9-10mm
Contributed by Joe Zito on 9 July, 2011 - 12:19am
Last updated 4 July, 2013 - 10:13pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 July, 2013 - 10:13pm

Host plant...
...looks like Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor).
… John Pearson, 20 July, 2011 - 11:26pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Joe Zito, 17 July, 2011 - 3:45pm

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